middle of the road

/mid-l-uhv-thuh-rohd/US // ˈmɪd l əv ðəˈroʊd //

中庸之道,马路中间的人,马路中间,马路中间人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : favoring, following, or characterized by an intermediate position between two extremes, especially in politics; moderate.
- : of, relating to, or describing a type of popular music that avoids extremes of style and is catchy and tuneful enough to have broad appeal. Abbreviation: MOR

n.名词 noun

1
- : Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal. Abbreviation: MOR

nounmoderate position

Synonyms

According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.